Four crew members were seriously injured and three fishermen remain missing after an explosion occurred on a fishing boat offshore the southwestern province of Kien Giang.

 Two different awards, the Vietnam ICT Top 5 and Gold Medal Award, have been given to enterprises in the information and communication technologies sector to recognise their outstanding achievements.

  Forest destruction, especially in the Central Highlands, remains a major headache. Deforestation has taken a heavy toll on the ecosystem and the environment, which is evident in serious land erosion, animal habitat reduction, landslides and flooding.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Under the plan, the entire AAE-1 undersea optical cable route will be completed and put into use by the end of 2016.

 Chinese dealers are dominating the market for dragon fruit, manipulating supply and prices in Binh Thuan Province, provincial authorities have said.

North-central Ha Tinh province has denied reports it has agreed in principle to a Taiwanese investor building a port and livestock complex worth $2.5 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge – A Saigon man named Quang has invested a lot of money to import a special chicken species from the US to breed in Vietnam. He now runs three chicken farms in HCM City and Dong Thap Province.

The Hanoi municipal People’s Committee has announced a detailed master plan for the Nhat Tan – Noi Bai route, also known as Vo Nguyen Giap Road, with an aim of driving development in localities surrounding the Red River north of Hanoi.

Indian actress Avika Gor who is the one of the most famous Television actress participated in a charity press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on June 24.

 The International Tennis Federation on June 23 unveiled that Ho Chi Minh City has been selected to host its 2017 Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) from August 1-4, inclusive.

 The Vietnam national women’s football team will participate in a short training session in Prague, Czech Republic to prepare for the AFF Women’s Football Championships in Myanmar, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

 Hundreds of Vietnamese hockey fans came to a football centre on Su Van Hanh Road in HCM City to celebrate Olympic Day.

Vietnam's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.46 per cent month-on-month in June, the highest June increase recorded over the last five years, the General Statatistics Office (GSO) announced on June 24.

 Tourism chiefs of the 10 ASEAN member countries have approved a declaration manifesting their common desire to boost tourism growth and align regional ecotourism destinations during a roundtable in Champasak, Laos on Wednesday.

 Great Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) will not immediately affect trade relations between Viet Nam and Britain, an official from the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) said.

VietNamNet Bridge - The exhibition house of war crimes was established in 1978. In 1995, it was renamed the HCM City War Remnants Museum.

 A project to create an intelligent health system for HCM City will be submitted to the People’s Committee next month, Le Thai Hy, head of the city Department of Information and Communication has said.

The 2016 National Contest for Young Talented Choreographers, which will identify talented choreographers under 33 years old, will begin this weekend in HCM City.

 Singer-songwriter Le Cat Trong Ly will present a mini-show in Hanoi tonight.

As education is a top priority in terms of attracting foreign investment, Vietnam is making great progress with its education policies to meet the expectations of foreign investors, helping the sector to become more attractive.

 The 2016 Korea-Vietnam Film Industry Network, which aims to promote co-operation in the film industry, closed in HCM City yesterday.

“Vietnam’s consistent viewpoint is supporting the settlement of all disagreements about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear issue through dialogue,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said.

 Vietnam wishes to foster all-out ties with Australia, including politics, trade, investment, culture and education, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

 Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that Vietnam considers Japan a key partner in human resources development.

VietNamNet Bridge - Honda, the largest motorbike manufacturer in Vietnam, in a recent report, said the motorbike market would not see growth next year.